St. Patrick and the Peace Flag: a long history
posted in: Travels With A Peace Flag
The old saying “The best-laid plans of mice and men oft go astray,” a Scottish proverb linked to 18th Century poet Robert Burns, was apropos for my St. Patrick’s Day plans for promoting peace at this year’s parade. The weather … Read More
Gaza and International Holocaust Remembrance Day
posted in: Peace & Justice Blog
By Eric Resnick There are things that need to be said on this International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This comes from the heart of a Jewish American who lost relatives in the Holocaust and grew up in a community that took … Read More
The Sound of Silence
posted in: Peace & Justice Blog
By Andrea Kleinhenz Who oversees the Catholic Church writ large? Pope Leo or the American Jewish Committee (AJC)? At this point in history—and the Catholic Church has had a long history with the AJC—it is a fair question to ask. … Read More
Merry Christmas from Lou
posted in: Travels With A Peace Flag
I did something this Christmas morning that I wish I had thought of at “Christmases long long ago,” as Andy Williams sings. The idea came to mind to don my vintage (1966) U.S. Army field jacket and hold my peace flag outside St. Dominic … Read More